> This is why you fund public media sensibly, outside the control of any given administration.

That is a very nice solution but it doesnt work in practice. If the budgets are decided by the government then there is always the possibility that neutrality on some subjects may be missing or that some amount of pressure will be applied in order to get some stories buried or on the contrary exacerbated.

Since there is no way to know which is which then how can you trust it? Personally I don't.